It s all but certain that the next fifty years will bring enormous,
not to say cataclysmic, disruptions to our present way of life.
World oil reserves will be exhausted within that time frame, as
will the lithium that powers today s most sophisticated batteries,
suggesting that transportation is equally imperiled. And there s
another, even more dire limitation that is looming: at current
rates of erosion, the world s topsoil will be gone in sixty years.
Fresh water sources are in jeopardy, too. In short, the large-scale
agricultural and food delivery system as we know it has at most a
few decades before it exhausts itself and the planet with it.
Farming for the Long Haul is about building a viable small farm
economy that can withstand the economic, political, and climatic
shock waves that the twenty-first century portends. It draws on the
innovative work of contemporary farmers, but more than that, it
shares the experiences of farming societies around the world that
have maintained resilient agricultural systems over centuries of
often-turbulent change. Indigenous agriculturalists, peasants, and
traditional farmers have all created broad strategies for survival
through good times and bad, and many of them prospered. They also
developed particular techniques for managing soil, water, and other
resources sustainably. Some of these techniques have been taken up
by organic agriculture and permaculture, but many more of them are
virtually unknown, even among alternative farmers. This book lays
out some of these strategies and presents techniques and tools that
might prove most useful to farmers today and in the uncertain
future.

Selected as a Book of the Year 2017 in You Magazine 'A lavish
monthly guide to getting the most from your garden' Daily Mail A
punnet of plums from your tree, a handful of gooseberries;
home-grown nuts and herbs, and a few freshly laid eggs from your
hens - all enjoyed in your own small plot. What could be more
satisfying? The Garden Farmer is an evocative journal and monthly
guide to getting the most out of your garden throughout the year.
Whether you are a keen gardener looking for inspiration, or just
starting out and wanting to rediscover and reclaim your patch of
earth, Sunday Telegraph garden-columnist Francine Raymond lays the
groundwork for a bountiful year of garden farming. Maybe you would
like to get outside more, grow a few essential vegetables, some
fruit trees or bushes for preserving, and create a scented kitchen
garden to provide for you year round. Or perhaps you will raise a
small flock of ducks or geese, or even a couple of pigs? Could this
be the year you decorate your home with nature's adornments,
encourage wildlife back to pollinate your trees and plants, and
spend celebratory hours in a haven of your own creation? Each
chapter of The Garden Farmer offers insight into the topics and
projects you might be contemplating that month, along with planting
notes and timely advice, and a recipe that honours the fruits of
your labour. With just a little effort and planning, every garden
can be tended in tune with nature, and every gardener can enjoy a
host of seasonal delights from their own soil. Keep up-to-date with
Francine's gardening adventures on her blog at
kitchen-garden-hens.co.uk.

Understanding local knowledge has become a central academic project
among those interested in Africa and developing countries. In South
Africa, land reform is gathering pace and African people hold an
increasing proportion of the livestock in the country. Animal
health has become a central issue for rural development. Yet
African veterinary medical knowledge remains largely unrecorded.
This book seeks to fill that gap. This book captures for the first
time the diversity, as well as the limits, of a major sphere of
local knowledge. Beinart and Brown argue that African approaches to
animal health rest largely in environmental and nutritional
explanations. They explore the widespread use of plants as well as
biomedicines for healing. While rural populations remain concerned
about supernatural threats, and many men think that women can harm
their cattle, the authors challenge current ideas on the
modernisation of witchcraft. They examine more ambient forms of
supernatural danger expressed in little-known concepts such as
mohato and umkhondo. They take the reader into the homesteads and
kraals of rural black South Africans and engage with a key rural
concern - vividly reporting the ideas of livestock owners. This is
groundbreaking research which will have important implications for
analyses of local knowledge more generally as well as effective
state interventions and animal treatments in South Africa.

Kirstenbosch is a name that resonates round the world as the home of a uniquely rich flora in a setting of unsurpassed beauty, and in 2013 Kirstenbosch celebrates its 100th anniversary. This centenary publication tells the story of its establishment, its setbacks and triumphs, its benefactors and heros. It outlines the Garden's scientific eminence – as the repository of knowledge on our prized flora – and details the many attractions that make it a favourite destination for Capetonians and visitors alike.

With a finely crafted text by acclaimed ecologist Brian Huntley, and lavishly illustrated with photographs and artworks that tell the history and reflect the beauty of the Garden, this will be a sought-after volume – a quality memento for visitors to Kirstenbosch and a keepsake for the many thousands of locals who flock there annually. Beautifully presented in a colourful dustjacket, this book will be a tasteful, all-occasions gift, and one to cherish.

'Killing It combines three popular, profound topics: where our food comes from, how to achieve purpose in life and how to find lasting love' - Sunday Times

After a career spent writing about food, Camas Davis came to a realization: she had never forced herself to grapple with how it actually got to her plate. Out of love with her life and with the world she found herself in, she knew she had to make a change.

And so she set off for France. There, in the rolling countryside of Gascony, she would learn the art of butchery, and with it the art of eating and drinking well. Surrounded by farmers, producers, cooks and food-lovers, eating some of the world's least processed and most lovingly made food, Camas discovered the very authenticity she'd longed for in her old life. She just needed to return to America, and bring what she'd learnt back with her . . .

Killing It is the story of one woman's quest to understand what it means to be human and what it means to be animal too.

The definitive visual history of the tractor The complete history
of farm machinery, from steam and vintage tractors to the latest
combine harvesters is showcased in this lavishly illustrated
volume. Packed with images and tractor data on more than 200 iconic
machines, The Tractor Book explores the entire range of tractors
and farming machines from around the world, such as Fordson Model F
and Massey-Harris GP. Histories of famous marques, such as John
Deere and Massey Ferguson, sit alongside immersive visual tours of
celebrated machines. The Tractor Book covers how tractors work,
their history, major marques and catalogues tractors from every era
making this a must-have for anyone fascinated by these
extraordinary machines.

Honey has the sweetest associations. Put a dab on your tongue and let its smooth sugars dissolve into a long hit of flavour and energy. It makes you think of summer days when bees buzz between flowers in the sunshine.

Made from nectar concentrated down to a sweet stickiness by tens of thousands of bees working together in the hive, honey can be found all over the world. Caribbean jerk, Spanish tapas, French sauces, British biscuits and Turkish cakes all gleam with the sweet stuff. It can take no more than a spoonful of honey to bring its deep flavour to a dish. As a marinade it enhances meat and poultry, and works particularly well with nuts and fruits, cream and cheese, and herbs and spices.

Join award-winning author Hattie Ellis in the kitchen as she shares over 80 recipes covering meals throughout the day, snacks, sweets, puddings, sauces and drinks.

From Honeyed Chicken and Aubergine Biryani and Honey Sauce Vierge to Honey, Apple and Rosemary Jelly and Sicilian Honey Balls (Sfingi), Hattie explores different flavours and varieties of honey from around the world.

Spoonfuls of Honey also explains what to consider when buying and storing honey, gives tips on its use in your cooking, examines the benefits to your health and includes the role bees and honey play in nature.

Chapters include: What is Honey?; A-Z of honey; A-Z of honeybees; Honey in the kitchen; How to buy and store honey; How to taste honey; Honey and health; Honey and the natural world; Around the world in 90 pots. Recipe chapters include: Breakfast and brunch; lunch and supper; Snacks, sides and sauces; Teatime baking; Puddings; Preserves, Sweets and drinks

Details the clothing and equipment of the cowboy, includes recipes
for several favorite cow-camp dishes, and looks at the skills
involved in ranch and roundup work, cattle branding and roping, and
bronc busting.

Discover a forgotten British heritage. The protection and promotion
of the UK's native rare breeds is something that's in Adam Henson's
blood. His father, Joe, established the Rare Breeds Trust in
1973,and they have been a core attraction at their Cotswold Farm
Park, and a part of the Henson family story ever since. In A Breed
Apart, Adam Henson takes readers on a very personal journey around
the nation, discovering the animals that have shaped our lives and
our land throughout the centuries. From postcard perfect Highland
Cows to the Cotswold sheep (for whom the Cotswolds are named), to
the fearsome, four-horned Manx Loagthan ram and the Ulster White
Pig, Adam travels the length and breadth of the British Isles,
uncovering the history of these ancient animals, meeting the
specialists and farmers who are passionate about their
preservation, and shares his hopes for the future of these
magnificent and unique breeds and his fight for their survival.
This is the story of Britain, told through the native breeds that
have nourished and nurtured the nation.

This title is intended as a manual for environmental education
practitioners. It provides theoretical background with the view of
improving environmental education practitioners' practice.
Environmental education addresses topics such as: The origin of the
term/concept environmental education in southern Africa; a
philosophical perspective of environmental education; teaching for
the environment; environmental issues; education for
sustainability; environmental education in the informal sector;
environmental education in business and industry; research in
environmental education.

The fast and easy way to start and maintain a hive Beekeeping For
Dummies is a practical, step-by-step beginner's guide to
beekeeping. It gives you plain-English guidance on everything you
need to know to start your own beehive, from buying the right
equipment, sourcing bees, and locating your hive to maintaining a
healthy colony and harvesting honey. Plus, you'll get the latest
information on the causes and effects of bee disease, colony
collapse disorder, and the impact the sudden disappearance of the
honeybee has on our environment and economy. Here, you'll get
trusted information on beekeeping in the UK, specifically written
to address climate, buying equipment, locating hives, the local
impact of colony collapse disorder and ways to avoid or minimise
the risk to your hive, seasonal beekeeping tasks, local beekeeping
associations, and updated content on urban beekeeping. * Understand
the anatomy of your bees * Learn techniques and tips for
harvesting, bottling, packaging, and selling honey * Discover the
benefits of beekeeping * Learn techniques on obtaining and hiving
your bees If you're a beginner beekeeper, taking a beekeeping
course, or just have an interest in the plight of the honeybee,
Beekeeping For Dummies has you covered!

RHS Can Anything Stop Slugs assists with all of the most common
problems encountered in a garden - as well as some slightly more
unusual ones. The RHS's Chief Horticulturist, Guy Barter, provides
expert advice, responding to the questions posed by thousands of
gardeners every year. This entertaining and informative guide
provides a wealth of information. Feature boxes of interesting
facts enable you to really get to grips with the issue at hand. As
the cause of a problem is not always apparent, the main symptom is
used as the starting point in each section, enabling you to
troubleshoot all your garden problems. This is not a dull reference
book full of lists - it is an easy-to-read and amusing look at how
we battle with nature in our gardens, showing you how to either
come out top or to surrender with dignity.

This book concentrates on the group of plants showing the steepest
decline among British flora over the past 25 years - plants that
grow among the crops. Easy-to-use format is designed to enable
people to take it into the field and to identify these species
whether they are a beginner or an expert. The text covers the
history of - and includes practical recommendations for managing -
the places where these plants still occur 100 plant profiles
include key identification features, flowering and germination
times, and differences between similar species. Color distribution
maps show where these plants have been seen in the past 25 years,
while the accompanying text indicates their current location.

I'm not on my own because I've been sitting crying into a
handkerchief or apron over a lack of interested men. I've been made
every offer imaginable over the years. Men offer themselves, their
sons...drunk fathers sometimes call me up and say things like: "Do
you need a farmhand?" "I can lift the hay bales" "I can repair your
tractors"... Heida is a solitary farmer with a flock of 500 sheep
in a remorseless area bordering Iceland's highlands. It's known as
the End of the World. One of her nearest neighbours is Iceland's
most notorious volcano, Katla, which has periodically driven away
the inhabitants of Ljotarstadir ever since people first started
farming there in the twelfth century. This portrait of Heida
written with wit and humour by one of Iceland's most acclaimed
novelists, Steinunn Sigurdardottir, tells a heroic tale of a
charismatic young woman, who at 23 walked away from a career as a
model in New York to take over the family farm when her father
died. I want to tell women they can do anything, and to show that
sheep farming isn't just a man's game. I guess I've always been a
feminist. When I was growing up, there was a female president, and
I used to wear the same clothes and play with the same toys as the
boys. It was just normal to me. Divided into four seasons, Heida
tells the story of a remarkable year, interwoven with vivid stories
of her animals and farm work and paints a unforgettable portrait of
a remote life close to nature. We humans are mortal; the land
outlives us, new people come, new sheep, new birds and so on but
the land with its rivers and lakes and resources, remains.

How beef conquered America and gave rise to the modern industrial
food complex By the late nineteenth century, Americans rich and
poor had come to expect high-quality fresh beef with almost every
meal. Beef production in the United States had gone from
small-scale, localized operations to a highly centralized industry
spanning the country, with cattle bred on ranches in the rural
West, slaughtered in Chicago, and consumed in the nation (TM)s
rapidly growing cities. Red Meat Republic tells the remarkable
story of the violent conflict over who would reap the benefits of
this new industry and who would bear its heavy costs. Joshua Specht
puts people at the heart of his story "the big cattle ranchers who
helped to drive the nation (TM)s westward expansion, the
meatpackers who created a radically new kind of industrialized
slaughterhouse, and the stockyard workers who were subjected to the
shocking and unsanitary conditions described by Upton Sinclair in
his novel The Jungle. Specht brings to life a turbulent era marked
by Indian wars, Chicago labor unrest, and food riots in the streets
of New York. He shows how the enduring success of the cattle-beef
complex "centralized, low cost, and meatpacker dominated "was a
consequence of the meatpackers (TM) ability to make their interests
overlap with those of a hungry public, while the interests of
struggling ranchers, desperate workers, and bankrupt butchers took
a backseat. America "and the American table "would never be the
same again. A compelling and unfailingly enjoyable read, Red Meat
Republic reveals the complex history of exploitation and innovation
behind the food we consume today.

Given Half a Chance is both a snapshot of our world and a call to
arms, setting out the most pressing environmental challenges that
we face while making a passionate case for why we need to meet
them. From fields of solar panels in Nevada to the flourishing
agricultural landscapes of Ethiopia; from the traditional water
harvesters of northern Rajasthan to Britain's inspiring waste
campaigners; from the savannas of Northern Kenya teeming with
elephants to the clear skies above Scandinavian cities, amazing
things are happening right now across the world. People are acting
with hope and courage, against all the odds, to make things better.
The challenge before us is to go to scale and to replicate these
successful approaches elsewhere, fast: this book draws on firsthand
experience and interviews with many of the world's leading experts
to show how.

Author Julian Evans has worked with woodlands for twenty-five years
and was the UK forestry Commission's Chief Research Officer for
much of this time. In 1985 he decided to buy his own small wood in
North Hampshire, fulfilling every forester's dream. Caring for the
wood and its natural inhabitants using both ancient and modern
skills, Evans experienced the evolving cycle of woodland life and
encourages us to appreciate our environment firsthand in all
seasons, all climates. Finely illustrated and including a foreword
by Alan Titchmarsh, A Wood of Our Own is engaging, informative, and
entertaining -- aimed at everybody who enjoys the countryside.

Return to the farm with Yorkshire's favourite shepherdess as she
juggles the chaos of farming and family life. As seen on Channel
5's Our Yorkshire Farm. Amanda Owen loves her traditional life on
her hill farm alongside her nine children and husband Clive. And,
as readers of her previous bestsellers will know, every day at
Ravenseat brings surprises. In Adventures of the Yorkshire
Shepherdess Amanda takes us from her family's desperate race to
save a missing calf to finding her bra has been repurposed as a
house martin's nest, and from wild swimming to the brutal winter of
2018 that almost brought her to her knees. As busy as she is with
her family and flock though, an exciting new project soon catches
her eye . . . Ravenseat is a tenant farm and may not stay in the
family, so when Amanda discovers a nearby farmhouse up for sale,
she knows it is her chance to create roots for her children. The
old house needs a lot of renovation and money is tight, so Amanda
sets about the work herself, with some help from a travelling monk,
a visiting plumber and Clive. It's fair to say things do not go
according to plan! Funny, evocative and set in a remote and
beautiful landscape, this book will delight anyone who has hankered
after a new life in the country.

Exam Board: Pearson Edexcel Academic Level: BTEC National Subject:
Animal Management First teaching: September 2016 First Exams:
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